11-11-2019, 09:41 AM
(11-11-2019, 07:23 AM)Koen G wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.4 was not written like this in the Middle Ages. Also, the horizontal bar is an optical illusion, it is not there.
The letter "i", on the other hand, was written like this.
It's fine to disagree, but then at least offer an alternative that's actually better, not one that requires even more squinting.
Even JKP acknowledges that 4 was sometimes written like this.
Given the resolution of the scan we can argue what we see and what we don't, without a higher resolution scan it looks like we won't be able to agree on what is there and what not, so ultimately I can only give an interpretation, not originally my own. Therefore your idea of what is required as regards to squinting is yours not mine.

